#	year of release	title / label # / notes
		- She Had Been Drinkin' - Where The Mansion's Prepared For Me - C. C. Rider - Po' Boy - Leavin' Blues - She's A-Lookin' For Me - Where The Mansion's Prepared For Me - Piano Blues - Happy Days - Since Jesus Came Into My Heart rec. April 14, 1960 in Scotlandville, LA by Harry Oster; Herman E. Johnson, voc, g unissued
1	1972	Herman E. Johnson: Louisiana Country Blues - I Just Keeps On Wanting You   @ youtube - You Don't Know My Mind   @ youtube - Motherless Children   @ youtube - Depression Blues #   @ Spotify - She's A-Looking For Me   @ youtube - She Had Been Drinking #   @ youtube - I'm Growing Older #   @ Spotify - Po' Boy   @ Spotify - Leavin' Blues #   @ Spotify - Piano Blues   @ Spotify - Where The Mansion's Prepared For Me   @ youtube rec. November 3, 1960, March 26, 1961, April 5, 1961, April 27, 1961 & May 12, 1961 in Baton Rouge, LA by Harry Oster; Herman E. Johnson, voc, g, # el g notes by Harry Oster Arhoolie 1060 (US 1972) notes by Harry Oster (=) Arhoolie CD 440 (US 1996) Arhoolie Records discography Dr. Harry Oster discography
		- Crawlin' Baby Blues - C. C. Rider - Happy Days - What Is Wrong With You - The Bachelor's Blues - The Deceitful Brownskin - Esso Refinery Blues - I Just Keep On Waiting - Depression In '61 rec. November 3, 1960, March 26, 1961, April 5, 1961, April 27, 1961 & May 12, 1961 in Baton Rouge, LA by Harry Oster; Herman E. Johnson, voc, g unissued
2	1996	Smoky Babe, Herman E. Johnson: Louisiana Country Blues Smoky Babe - I'm Broke And I'm Hungry - Too Many Women - Two Wings - Mississippi River - My Baby She Told Me - Rabbit Blues - Black Ghost - Ain't Got No Rabbit Dog - Bad Whiskey - Black Gal - My Baby Put Me Down - Going Back Home - Regular Blues Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You - You Don't Know My Mind - Motherless Children - Depression Blues - She's A-Looking For Me - She Had Been Drinking - I'm Growing Older - Po' Boy - Leavin' Blues - Piano Blues - Where The Mansion's Prepared For Me Smoky Babe rec. 1960 in Scotlandville, LA by Harry Oster; previously issued on Folklyric LP 118 and Arhoolie LP 2019 Herman E. Johnson rec. 1960/1961 in Baton Rouge, LA by Harry Oster; previously issued on Arhoolie LP 1060 notes by Harry Oster Arhoolie CD 440 (US 1996) Arhoolie Records discography Dr. Harry Oster discography Smoky Babe discography
3	2005	Blues With A Message - I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatman - John Henry - John Jackson - Walked Down So Many Turn Rows - Mercy Dee - Tom Moore's Farm - Mance Lipscomb - Tom Moore Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins - River Blues - Lowell Fulson - Levee Camp Blues - Fred McDowell - The 1919 Influenza Blues - Essie Jenkins - Why I Like Roosevelt - Willie Eason - Little Soldier Boy - Doctor Ross - Prisoner's Talking Blues - Robert Pete Williams - I Got To Climb A High Mountain - Johnie Lewis - Depression Blues - Herman E. Johnson - Stockyard Blues - Johnny Young/Big Walter Horton - What Will I Tell The Children - Juke Boy Bonner - It's Enough - Juke Boy Bonner - Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston - Back Home Blues - Big Joe Williams ed. by Chris Strachwitz & Paul Oliver notes by Paul Oliver Arhoolie CD 510 (US 2005) on front cover: Sleepy John Estes' hands cropped from a 1962 photo by Georges Adins Arhoolie Records discography
4	2014	The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3 disc 1: The 1960s Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50) John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19) Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05) Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48) Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03) Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01) Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06) Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45) Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27) Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07) Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21) Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11) R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25) Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36) Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42) Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43) Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19) J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25) Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52) Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42) Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30) Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13) Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53) Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56) disc 2: The 1970s Son House - Empire State Express (3:41) Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59) J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59) Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06) R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45) Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46) Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04) John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15) Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33) Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20) Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33) Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50) Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18) Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53) Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26) Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19) Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44) Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10) Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37) Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58) Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24) Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56) David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56) Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18) front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner 112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)
5	2019	Blues Kings Of Baton Rouge CD 1: Slim Harpo - Blues Hang-Over [Excello 2184] Butch Cage & Willie B. Thomas - Who Broke The Lock [Folk-Lyric FL 111] Lightnin' Slim - Bad Luck [Feature 3006] Lightnin' Slim - Bugger Bugger Boy [Feature 3012] Schoolboy Cleve - Strange Letter Blues [Feature 3013] Clarence Edwards - Smokestack Lightning [Folk-Lyric FL 111] Robert Pete Williams - Angola Special [Folk Lyric FL 109, 77 LA 12/17, Arhoolie CD 394] Butch Cage & Willie B. Thomas - Jelly Roll [Folk-Lyric FL 111] Slim Harpo - I'm A King Bee [Excello 2113] Lonesome Sundown - My Home Is A Prison [Excello 2102] Lightnin' Slim - Mean 'Ol Lonesome Train [Excello 2106] Clarence Edwards - Stack O' Dollars [Folk Lyric FL 111] Robert Pete Williams - Come Here Baby [Folk Lyric FL 109, 77 LA 12/17, Arhoolie R 2015, CD 394] Sally Dotson & Smoky Babe - Your Dice Won't Pass [Folk-Lyric FL 111, Arhoolie R 2018, CD 372] Lazy Lester - They Call Me Lazy [Excello 2107] Jimmy Dotson - Looking For My Baby [Zynn 511] Raful Neal - Crying Hard [Peacock 1686] Lazy Lester - I'm A Lover Not A Fighter [Excello 2143] Lightnin' Slim - Lightnin's Troubles [Excello 2160] Slim Harpo - One More Day [Excello 2162] Lightnin' Slim - Rooster Blues [Excello 2169] Lightnin' Slim & Lazy Lester - Trip To Chicago (alt tk) [Ace CDCHD 1403] Slim Harpo - What A Dream [Excello 2184] Smoky Babe, Clyde Causey - Black Gal [Folk-Lyric FL 111, 77 LA 12-12, Arhoolie CD 440] Smoky Babe & Lazy Lester - Mississippi River So Deep And Wide [Folk-Lyric FL 111, 77 LA 12-12, Arhoolie R 2019, CD 440] Herman E. Johnson - Depression Blues [Arhoolie 1060, CD 440] CD 2: Slim Harpo - Rainin' In My Heart [Excello 2194] Lightnin' Slim - I'm Tired Waitin' Baby [Excello 2203] Tabby Thomas - Hoodoo Party [Excello 2212] Lonesome Sundown - My Home Ain't Here [Excello 45-2213] Jimmy Anderson - Naggin' [Excello 2220] Silas Hogan - Trouble At Home Blues [Excello 2221] Lightnin' Slim - Winter Time Blues [Excello 2224] Jimmy Anderson - Going Through The Park [Excello 2227] Lightnin' Slim - I'm Evil [Excello 2228] The Nitehawks - Boogie Chillun [Montel 913] Moses "Whispering" Smith - Mean Woman Blues [Excello 22] Silas Hogan - I'm Goin In The Valley [Excello 2241] Silas Hogan - Dark Clouds Rollin' [Excello 2251] Lightnin' Slim - Can't Live This Life No More [Excello 2267] Isaiah Chattman - Cold In Hand [Flyright FLY 512] Slim Harpo - Baby, Scratch My Back [Excello 2273] Slim Harpo - I'm Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil) [Excello 2173] Silas Hogan - Hoo Doo Blues [Excello LPS-8015/16] Henry Gray - Showers Of Rain [Excello LPS-8015/16] Arthur Kelley - Number Ten At The Station (And Number 12 Is On The Road) [Excello LPS-8015/16] Arthur Kelley - How Can I Stay (When All I Have Is Gone) [Excello LPS-8015/16] Moses "Whispering" Smith - Baton Rouge Breakdown [Excello LPS-8015/16] Silas Hogan - Honey Bee Blues [Excello LPS-8015/16] Silas Hogan - I Didn't Tell Her To Leave [Excello LPS-8015/16] Slim Harpo - The Music's Hot [Excello LPS-8013] Robert Pete Williams - Goodbye Slim Harpo [Ahura Mazda AMS 2002, 45-AMS-101, Fat Possum CD 80349] Slim Harpo - Talking Blues [Flyright 558] reissue prod. by Martin Hawkins 2 CD set notes by Martin Hawkins Bear Family Records BCD 17512 (Germany 2019) Excello Records discography Slim Harpo discography Butch Cage & Willie B. Thomas discography Lightnin' Slim discography Robert Pete Williams discography Lonesome Sundown discography Smoky Babe discography Lazy Lester discography Silas Hogan discography Moses "Whispering" Smith discography Arthur "Guitar" Kelley discography
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Sources / Further reading: - Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 209 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 315 - Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 524 - Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- p. 705-706 - Wolfgang Lorenz: Herman E. Johnson (Country Blues 6 - Oster Blues Teil 3).- German BLUES Circle info nr. 38 (November 1979), p. 12/38-13/38 - Luigi Monge: Herman E. Johnson.- in: Edward Komara (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Blues (Vol. 1 - A-J).- New York (Routledge) 2005, p. 530 - Harry Oster: Living Country Blues.- Detroit 1969 - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Benoît Brière for additional info   Wolfgang Lorenz: Herman E. Johnson (Country Blues 6 - Oster Blues Teil 3).- German BLUES Circle info nr. 38 (November 1979), p. 12/38-13/38   Luigi Monge: Herman E. Johnson.- in: Edward Komara (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Blues (Vol. 1 - A-J).- New York (Routledge) 2005, p. 530